Hold onto your miniature hats, it’s time for the fun part of painting and personalizing the dollhouse!
Our last post was full of the building process, which you can see by (clicking here) – so let’s move on to how we finished everything off.
After it was all assembled, it was time to schlep our 31″ x 31″ creation up into the sunroom for some priming and painting. Just like our office cabinets, kitchen cabinets, and the play kitchen we made for Clara, I used a coat of Zinsser Smart Prime (it’s no-VOC but amazingly good for blocking bleed through when you’re painting raw or stained wood) followed by two coats of Bejamin Moore’s low-VOC Advance paint (really durable and awesomely self-leveling). I went with Decorators White since we had it leftover from painting the office cabinets and the play kitchen, so this step didn’t cost us anything. Here’s our little house when it was primed but not yet painted:
And here’s my first coat of paint going on (I used a brush for some of the hard to roll places and a small foam roller for the more expansive roll-able places – like the sides, roof, and back).
Then I gave it about 30 hours to cure up before it was…
… wallpaper time!
I actually used the following things that I already had in the house (I just ransacked my craft bin/gift wrap closet) to wallpaper the dollhouse:
- Top left: Gift wrap sheets picked up from a local place called Mongrel a few months back
- Top right: Decorative paper from Michael’s leftover from some other project
- Middle left: A roll of leftover decorative tape from Michael’s (I just taped four strips of it to a piece of card stock)
- Middle middle: More gift wrap from Mongrel (this one’s actually from a few years back)
- Middle right: More decorative paper from Michael’s
- Bottom left: Even more decorative paper from Michael’s (I have a nice pile of leftover paper under the bed)
- Bottom right: More gift wrap from Mongrel
As for how I did it, I cut templates for the back wall of each room using regular old printer paper (taping a few sheets together if it was bigger than one sheet and trimming things until it was a nice snug fit). Then I just used that paper template to cut out the right sized piece of gift wrap or decorative paper. I used double sided tape to affix them to the back wall of the dollhouse, and then brushed a thin coat of matte Mod Podge over each of them – just to give them some protection from being scratched or ripped (except for the room with the decorative tape, which was already shiny).
As for furniture, I bought a big “mixed lot” of old dollhouse furniture (most of it from the 50s/60s) from eBay for $30 including shipping. Oh and for those wondering about scale, it’s 1/2″ scale. This is what it looked like after it came and I soaked everything in hot soapy water to remove years of grime.
But since those colors weren’t exactly what we were going for, I turned to my good friend spray paint. We knew spray primer and spray paint was the best way to permanently update the furniture (no-VOC paint would most likely scratch off within one or two play-sessions – and we really want this to be a durable and long-lasting gift) but we didn’t want the dollhouse to smell all fumey like spray paint, so I actually ordered this furniture in February and sprayed it all in March so it could be left in the sealed off sunroom (and brought outside on sunny days) to off-gas for a nice long time. Thankfully there’s nothing stinky about it after all that curing time, and it actually looks pretty convincingly done – as if that’s the color the manufacturer sprayed on it a few decades back. Speaking of color, some of them got leftover dark brown spray paint (with built-in primer by Rustoleum) for the whole “wood look.”
But most of them got white primer + paint as a base (Rustoleum Universal in Satin White) …
And then some of them got a shot of bright color on top of that primer + paint base, just for fun (thanks to leftover cans of random colors). Who doesn’t love a yellow washer or fridge? They’re Sun Yellow by Rustoleum, and the turquoise dresser in the background is Lagoon by Rustoleum.
They sat around in the sunroom after their March paint job so long that they actually got dusty by May. Haha. So here they are after a little rinse-down in the sink.
I couldn’t wait to finally get things into the house…
I didn’t put much thought into what went where since I figure Clara will be moving things around, and we’ll probably add some more items (like some much-needed wall art – maybe by laminating photos that we’ll print).
Oh yes, but what about dollhouse people? We couldn’t find many that we liked (they either had ceramic faces that we worried Clara would shatter or were a bit too big for the scale of our furniture, or were just kind of scary looking) – although I later learned about these, which are pretty darn cute… so we went with Olivia’s family.
Clara loves Olivia, and when I saw a family set at Toys R Us that looked perfectly scaled for our house, we scooped them up. They’re bendy plastic so they seem pretty indestructible and Clara has so much fun putting them in different rooms (ex: “Olivia’s daddy is taking a nap” and “Olivia’s mommy is in the crib – so silly”).
Although everything changes each time Clara rearranges things, the room above is sort of a nursery with a crib, a vanity with a happy yellow chair (and tin foil that I added to make the mirror look more like a mirror), a baby piano (Clara loves playing one at Grammy and Tom Tom’s house) and a dresser. There’s even a little airplane “toy” for the nursery, that I found at Michael’s (it’s really a charm for a necklace, but the scale is right so I went with it). But more on how we’re keeping the super tiny things in the dollhouse Clara-safe in a second.
Speaking of scale, as John mentioned yesterday, we opted for an 8″ room height on the first two floors and a sloped attic that’d go from 6″ to about 10.” This was all a bit big for the scale of our eBay furniture, but we wanted to err on the side of giving Clara plenty of room to move around rather than being sticklers for scale – and who doesn’t love a room with extra high ceilings anyway?
The room below is sort of a playroom/ extra bedroom without a bed (remember this whole thing is still evolving, haha) so it’s mostly filled with random furniture, a fabric rug that came with the dollhouse lot, a small frame that I found at a thrift store for a nickel with the glass removed and a piece of tinfoil in there to make it resemble a leaning mirror, and a small potted topiary that I found at Michael’s from the wedding aisle (it’s actually a place card holder).
Oh and see those “ceramic animals” on top of the blue dresser above? They’re just plastic beads I found at Michael’s. I thought it was cute to add some animal friends to Clara’s dollhouse, and although Clara’s past the putting-things-in-her-mouth stage, a few smaller accessories like these and the previously mentioned toy airplane get put away in a box that only comes out when we’re playing together (so if she’s playing alone they’re not in there for her – just in case she gets any crazy ideas…).
The laundry room might be my favorite room. The metallic tape I used for the wallpaper doesn’t photograph as great as it looks in real life, but in person it’s kind of swanky and geometric. I loved spraying the utility sink and the washer bright yellow and adding that cute pink basket on the floor. And see that black thing hanging on the wall? It’s a thrift store find for 10 cents (it was some sort of plastic frame ornament or something) but I used leftover chalk board paint to make it into a hanging chalkboard by just painting the plastic disk inside the frame and hanging it up.
I love that we can change the message whenever Clara asks me to write something new (it actually says “Moooo!” right now at her request).
The next room is the bedroom, complete with a paper rug (I thought laminating it would make it last longer, but Clara has yet to pick it up and crush it so we’ll have to see if I get around to it). I’d also love to make fabric rugs from old scraps from her monthly pics someday, so I’ll keep you posted.
Oh and see the tiny metal camera on the dresser and the small flower pot on the other dresser above? Those are little doodads I found for a few bucks at Michael’s (the camera is a charm for a necklace actually – it’s another one of those things I tuck away when Clara is playing by herself since it’s so small). They also sell tiny flowerpots and fake flowers so I made that little potted plant and painted the terra cotta pot with the same pink nail polish that I used to make chevron pillows and a matching pink duvet skirt on the bed.
Here’s the bathroom with a mint green sink, and the other one of those plastic thrift store frame ornaments. Instead of making this one another chalkboard, I just put some tin foil behind the plastic pane and made it into a mirror for over the sink.
Oh and Clara was sad the potty didn’t open at first, but then was very excited when I taught her we could flush it by making a swissssssshhhhhhh noise with our mouth. Now Olivia and her family hang out in the bathroom a lot.
The living room is in dire need of some art on that blank wall, but it does have a funny little retro record player/TV cabinet (the white thing) with a “ceramic” rhino on top of it, so that tickles me.
My favorite guy in there is the tiny Burger I found on eBay. You bet I paid $3 plus $3 shipping to have him represented in the house. Haha. Clara was pretty psyched to see him. She calls him “Baby Burger.” It’s very sweet.
Next to the living room is the kitchen, with an oven/stove and a sink (complete with tiny dishes in it, which also go away when Clara plays alone because they’re pretty small) and a happy yellow refrigerator. I also made the table with the top of a little wooden box I had lying around and used a small paper gift box as the base. Another homemade flowerpot + faux flower combo went on top along with chairs from the eBay lot of furniture. Oh and that’s another paper rug I just quickly made and might get laminated for protection (or it’ll get replaced with a fabric one I’ll make down the line).
After loading in all the furniture, it was time to top it with a bow…
… and carry it out of hiding and into the living room for Clara to discover after her nap.
She ran right in as if it had always been there and picked stuff up and got right down to the business of playing.
It was so cute to watch her little brain work out that things were too small for herself, but perfectly sized for Olivia and her family. The little family of pigs was definitely her favorite part at first and slowly she picked up on things like baskets and chairs and the crib, bed, and toilet- which became fun to work into Olivia and her family’s routine.
We love that nothing is too precious to worry about because we really wanted it to be something she could go to town on without fearing that delicate things could be broken.
Thankfully since the furnishings are all plastic or metal, they should hold up to Hurricane Clara. Oh yes, and the fact that Olivia is holding a kitty = Clara’s favorite part (other than discovering Baby Burger). The girl loves her animals!
So it’s safe to say that she likes it. Whew. The next morning it was the first thing she talked about as we got her our of her crib. And we might like it a little more than adults should too (not that we played with it after she went to bed, ok maybe we did just a little).
As for the budget breakdown, here ya go:
- Wood: $35 (we did get to reuse a scrap piece we had for the back to keep costs down)
- Nails and wood glue: $0, already owned (but they might run you $5 if you don’t have them)
- Primer & paint: $0, leftover from painting other things like cabinets & the play kitchen ($70 would get you a gallon of each that would probably last for a ton of furniture painting projects like ours have – even big ones like cabinet painting)
- Dollhouse furniture: $30 (including shipping) bought as one “lot” on eBay
- Michael’s doodads: $5 (small flower pots, faux flowers, beads, camera and airplane charm, etc)
- Baby Burger: $6 (including shipping) on eBay
- Olivia’s family: $10, Toys R Us
- TOTAL: $86
Thanks to having lots of those odds and ends on hand (primer & paint, decorative paper and gift wrap, Mod Podge, and even a piece of scrap wood for the back of the dollhouse) we were able to come in almost $15 under our $100 goal. Actually $86 is lower than all of the used wood dollhouses that we found on Craigslist. Which I think means that momma should get $15 to spend on future upgrades and furnishings, right? Haha. Can’t wait to see how this thing evolves as Clara grows!
Have you guys used things like gift wrap and decorative tape as wallpaper? Any other plastic-beads-turned-ceramic-animals out there? We heard so many awesome ideas in yesterday’s post, from carpet samples or even wood/tile on the floor to using tongue depressors to make shingles. Love it all.
Psst- Check out Part 1 of this project here.
Kristen @ Popcorn on the Stove says
This turned out so cute!! This is the sweetest gift EVER. I love all of those little details (like baby burger) and that you bought retro furniture and repainted it. (PS – Michaels and possibly Joanns also have dollhouse furniture). I also love that you went non-traditional with the dolls!
YoungHouseLove says
Didn’t even know they had furniture! Love it!
xo,
s
Rebecca @This Nest is Best says
Do you have Hobby Lobby’s in Richmond? They have dollhouse furniture, too!
YoungHouseLove says
Yes we do! Thanks for the tip!
xo,
s
Kate says
An idea I had for my daughter’s dollhouse was to knit rugs. If you know a knitter, quick little project using up scrap yarn and gives a great texture to the floor! Just a thought. Love the post! So cute and inspiring. I am planning to go raid my scrapbook paper for wall paper right now! Thanks!
YoungHouseLove says
Really cute idea Kate!
xo
s
Justine {Stop Me if You've Heard This One} says
Considering the doll house my dad was “going to build us” for about 13 years is STILL sitting half-finished in the basement, this is pretty darn impressive. I love the sweet, homemade feel!
Katie says
FYI- That bird paper is designed by Snow and Graham! I have used that paper in both of my daugthers bedrooms! I LOVE IT!
That doll house is AWESOME! Something she will have to hopefully pass down to her daughter!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Katie! Love that paper- so cool that you used it in their rooms!
xo,
s
Haley says
Katie – I am in love with that paper and NEED to use it in my little girls room :) – can you share how you used it? Thanks!!
Rebecca @This Nest is Best says
This dollhouse is SO absolutely adorable!!! Makes we want to have kids just to make one :D
And I love the Olivia dolls! Reminds me of a party I threw last fall!
http://thisnestisbest.com/2011/09/26/olivia-the-pig-birthday-party-dessert-bar/
YoungHouseLove says
Adorable!!
xo,
s
Amy G. says
My favorite thing you have ever made. Fantastic job!!!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Amy!
xo,
s
Allyn says
OH MY GOSH! I love this so much!!! Seriously, you guys did an amazing job! And I actually love that it’s Olivia;s house now. Ha.
We always had Playmobil people in the dollhouse my grandfather built for us. Pretty much indestructable.
goldensarah says
what a treasure! it looks beautiful, you guys! definitely want to do this when we have kids. great work!
Lauren@FilingJointly says
So I was sort of waiting with bated breath this morning for your post. And you did not disappoint. Clara is one lucky little girl! I’m not sure why decorating a dollhouse got me so excited.
I’m pretty sure now that I have to get a dollhouse made to scale with the measurements of our new townhome and then use it to help me decorate.
That’s why I need it. For decorating help. Not for playing with dolls after my husband goes to bed.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, totally.
xo,
s
bridget b. says
The dollhouse looks lovely! Clara is so lucky!
Do you have any suggestions for parents that would love a dollhouse but are worried about possible choking hazards of all of the little toys/ accessories. My daughter is 2, but when playing with small toys like plates and cups will still put them in her mouth.
YoungHouseLove says
I would go with just the larger objects (beds, fridge, sink, dolls, etc) and leave out the smaller accessories for a while. Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Jenny says
Too cute. I love how inventive you both are!
Angela says
Precious! Absolutely precious! Clara is a lucky girl :)
Jenny V says
So beautiful! I love that you used Olivia. I would love to build something like that for my nieces but I’m not handy at all. I do hope you guys move into building toys/kids’ items because I would buy this house!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Jenny! We are actually seriously thinking about approaching a few companies in the hopes of designing kids stuff. We just had so much fun making her little desk, play kitchen, and this dollhouse!
xo,
s
Kasey M. says
Oh my gosh John and Sherry if you two started designing kids stuff I’d go broke.
You’d be rich though. Some company needs to jump on that right now!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw you’re sweet. We did it, we wrote up a proposal and sent a little note to our first choice company. Here’s hoping they even read it, let alone get back to us! Haha.
xo,
s
Crystal @ 29 Rue House says
I hope they say yes! As long as you keep doing the blog like you do now (like when you were working on the book)! ;)
YoungHouseLove says
Of course! Blog = our first love.
xo,
s
Kim says
It’s SO inspiring that you guys follow your dreams. What have you got to lose? LOVE IT!!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Kim!
xo,
s
binhtheredonethat says
This is really pretty, personal and awesome. Wish one day we’ll have a baby girl to do something like this for her.
alia says
We made a (much simpler!) dollhouse out of an old dresser drawer for my son. …Which is not to say you shouldn’t have a baby girl, but don’t let having little boys stop you from making mini houses! :)
And while I love it when he plays with trains and airplanes and stuff, there’s something very satisfying about hearing him say, “Uh-oh, Daddy needs to change the baby’s diaper.”
His future-wife already owes me. ;)
YoungHouseLove says
Cute!!
xo
s
Angie @ The Country Chic Cottage says
I love this house waaaay more than an adult should! I wish my girls were little again! :) But alas my oldest is graduating high school TOMORROW…yikes! Excellent job on the house! I love it!!
YoungHouseLove says
Ahhh- congrats! That’s so exciting!
xo,
s
Wani says
Freakin’ adorable!! Love it!
Steph says
ok this is just too adorable!
Torrie says
“Night night doggy. Night night airplane.” I DIE.
linda says
This is hands down my very favorite YHL project! I dreamt of having a girl and having play dates with her and her doll house. Best wishes in your pursuit of making this your next venture!
Carli says
What a cute present!! Love the wallpapers and paints you chose. So bright and cheery!! :)
heather s. says
So cute! I love the Olivia family dolls – way cooler than those scary dollhouse dolls.
Briel K. says
Looks great! I love the tiny “ceramic animals” and laundry room chalk board. Well done guys! :)
Lara says
This is amazing! My little one is only 6 months old, but I’m definitely doing this for her when she’s older. I love all the little doll house pieces too! What an amazing job!
Andrea says
When I was young, my mother took me to a dollhouse making class that this really nice older woman ran out of her home. We made lots of fun things like pies using bottle caps (as the pie plate) and modeling clay, magazines by taking small paper cut outs and glueing them to cardboard, a set of plates by painting the round plastic piece out of the cap from a soda bottle, and all kinds of other great ideas. I was older than Clara is now, but there are almost endless possibilites when it comes to making new things as she gets older.
This post really took me back to those classes and I loved reading about it :)
YoungHouseLove says
So cute!!
xo,
s
Taya says
Absolutely precious!
Casey @ wafflingdesign says
I may have used wrapping paper as wall paper on my own walls…
http://wafflingdesign.blogspot.ca/2012/05/redneck-wallpaper.html
I love the dollhouse! I never had a true one growing up, but my grandma did and I loved it. I wish we had saved it for my kids one day…
I think a nice idea for clara’s dollhouse might be magnetic walls so she can hang art in the rooms!! just an idea…
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, love it!
xo,
s
Kiki says
It’s so fun! Glad she loves it and it’s really pretty and goes well in your house too, which is hard sometimes with kid toys. Something I try to remember just in case with my kids and gifts is that they may not appreciate it, then or ever. I remember wanting a dollhouse SO badly when I was in elementary school. My great-uncle built one for me, and by the time I got it for Christmas, I was done. Or, rather, I realized how expensive the furniture for said dollhouse was, how little money I had, and I was back to model horses. I can’t seem to ever live that down in my family. So…lesson learned as a parent now. Don’t be too attached to the gifts you give!
I’m not saying this at all because you guys seem like you are, this reminded me solely because it was a dollhouse. :) Glad you got the best of both worlds: great gift and happy girl!
Beth says
Om my gosh! That is the furniture that I had in my metal dollhouse way back in the early 70’s. Can I please come over and play? You guys get the Mom and Dad of the Year awards. I love how much you enjoy Clara. Cherish those times because they go FAST. My kiddos are 12 and 9 already :-(
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Beth! Come on over! Haha.
xo,
s
Krystle @ ColorTransformedFamily says
You guys put so much love and detail into this house. It I amazing. I would live to do this for my little girl but I’m not sure if I would be that detail oriented. It is beautiful.
Meg {Green Motherhood} says
I Love it!! Clara must be so excited, I know I would be. She’s one lucky lady.
I love how ya’ll take something that would be totally overwhelming to someone like me and make it totally doable and fun.
Maybe Isla June will get a homemade dollhouse…..one day.
Kristen says
You are like the best parents ever! That is seriously the cutest thing I have ever seen. I can’t imagine how excited Clara must have been. Adorably awesome!
Kelly C. says
Is it okay if this is my favorite thing you’ve ever done!?!??!?! I so love this. So super sweet!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Kelly!
xo,
s
Kate says
It is awesome!!! Between the kitchen set and now the doll house, you guys are great inspirations for putting together children’s play furniture that is 1,000 times better than buying the “real” stuff! Yay for you guys!!
Your wallpaper modge-podging gave me an idea. How about modge-podging the paper rugs directly to the floor of each room? That way each room has a coordinating rug. Just something to think about…
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, that could totally work! I just threw this together so I didn’t want to make those permanent until I was sure I didn’t like a scrap of fabric better or something! Haha.
xo,
s
Cassidy says
I think you mean that you came just under $15 under budget ;) $14 to be exact, haha. And I’m sorry if 30 other people have already said that :)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- yes, that’s what I meant! Fixed!
xo,
s
Kim says
I love it! Definitely a “fun” dollhouse. It kept reminding me of the episode of Friends where Monica inherited her aunt’s stuffy dollhouse, complete with expensive Victorian furniture and other fancyness. She wouldn’t let Phoebe play with it so Phoebe created her own, complete with a licorice room (I think?) and a chimney that made bubbles. Clara’s version is definitely more like Phoebe’s, and I think that’s the total fun of it! What’s the point of a dollhouse if your kid can’t enjoy being creative with it?!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, I love it! I haven’t seen that one but it sounds so funny. Love me some Phoebe.
xo,
s
Meredith says
Oh, best reference ever! I love that! Sherry, if you and John feel inspired it’s here:
http://www.amazon.com/The-One-With-the-Dollhouse/dp/B000KZJDG2
(Although parts are on YouTube for free, too).
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, when you were talking about it I thought to myself “I bet it’s called ‘The One With The Dollhouse’ – hilarious!
xo,
s
Sayward says
the tootsie roll-away bed and the aromatherapy room!
Sandy says
Why are you guys so freakin adorable? What a beautiful house, well decorated, of course!
Kim says
Seriously?!?!
I’m so jealous of Clara! And you guys since you can play with it when she’s in bed lol. Love the colours and all the little accessories!
Jennifer Roberts says
Okay, I’m jealous. I have a half scale dollhouse that has been a bear to furnish because of the scale. I need to scour eBay I guess.
Jess @ Little House. Big Heart. says
I love it! Clara will have memories of this for a long time: I still have memories of decorating our Barbie house when we were little. My mom helped us wallpaper it with wallpaper from our house. We asked for carpet and linoleum scraps from local carpet stores so all our rooms had carpeting and we cut “pictures” from magazines and hung them on the wall.
Our Barbie house is still in my parent’s basement and now that my sister has given my parents their first granddaughter, my mom has already talked about remodeling for the next generation. :)
Jen says
Amazing!
Anne says
Lovely! Clara is one lucky daughter. I love the personal touches like mini Burger and the “ceramic” animals that tie in to the big house.
I actually asked my Mom a few weeks ago about the doll house I was supposed to have when I was little. One Christmas I got a kit but I was to little to put it together so my Mom was slowly putting it together for me. It’s still being built 20 years later! I might take that off her hands and finish it so I have a house to “decorate” to my hearts pleasure since I’m renting right now.
I do remember though, making shoebox doll houses with my Grandma. Good memories! We would make a bunch of them so it was like row houses or apartments.
Ashley says
I’m 30 years old, but I totally want to play with that dollhouse. LOL.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, come on over Ashley!
xo,
s
Kristen says
You. Guys. You seriously outdid yourselves this time. Holy cow, that is AMAZING! And the best part – she loves it! And you spent only a little bit of money, but instead the two most important things, time and love. And now you’ve created memories for each of you (building and decorating) and her (playing with it for a lifetime). Congratulations! (oh and of course being a black-cat obsessed “mom” of two black kitties – that’s my favorite part too, well besides baby Burger, of course!)
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Kristen!
xo,
s
Karen says
The house is so adorable! I wish I still had one to play with..there’s nothing wrong with adults having a little fun. My Mom and I used wallpaper from out-of-date wallpaper sample books to decorate my dollhouse. We just asked at the wallpaper store if they had any old books they were getting rid of…they were free, and it kept them out of the landfill!
I hope Clara enjoys her doll house as much as I did growing up!
Gina says
OMG! This is so adorable! I envy you guys for having a girl; my son would just trash something so precious, lol!
And your design taste shows through; what a lucky girl Clara is!
How about windows and window treatments for an upgrade one day? You could even instal lighting behind…..
I loved this post of yours! You two are so freaking talented!
YoungHouseLove says
Love that idea for down the line!
xo,
s
Courtney says
Great job! This will be something she can expand on and add to for years. Great job!
Lianne says
This is the cutest thing! The whole time reading it I was grinning and wishing I could play with little Clara!!
For you LOTR geeks I found this a few years ago and have been obsessed:
http://madshobbithole.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/my-hand-made-hobbit-hole-bag-end-from-lord-of-the-rings/
YoungHouseLove says
Holy cow that’s amazing!
xo,
s
Margaux at YoungNesters says
I’ve always said I hope my (almost) 11 month old son wants a doll house someday. I have one from my childhood I’d love to make over. Clara’s doll house is lovely!
Stephanie says
Could this be any cuter? I don’t think so! What about little velcro “dots” on the back of laminated photos and just a few of the other side of the velcro discretely on the wallpaper here and there for easy gallery wall rearranging? I mean, the girl’s gotta have a gallery wall, right? : )
YoungHouseLove says
Love that!
xo,
s
Katy says
I was thinking of just about the same thing – what about magnetic paint or something so she could move the pictures around the whole house as she liked?
YoungHouseLove says
Would be so much fun!
xo,
s
Shannon says
AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME! I love the details and the fact that it mirrors your own house and lifestyle. Maybe you should start a dollhouse blog… Miniature Young House Life. :-)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- MiniYHL.
xo,
s
Heather W says
Hey this is a great name for a kids toy line…. Just saying. The house turned out so cute! Love it.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, you know we’d love that!
xo,
s
Carra says
I adore this!! I am going to make one for my god-daughter’s second birthday in September. So adorable. You guys did a great job.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, good luck Carra!
xo,
s